Zonal Legal Manager-SUPPORT SERVICES-Legal

JD - Zonal Legal Manager - KMPL - Support Services-Legal

Also find the job description and desired candidate profile as mentioned below.

Desired Grade: M5 (AVP)

Base Location: Mumbai

Experience:7 years & Above

Job Responsibilities:

• Filing and attending arbitration proceedings, civil and criminal cases, including Sec. 138 NI Act matters.
• Handling cases related to economic offences, Consumer Forum, Recovery and Service matters.
• Minimizing litigation against the Company through proactive legal strategies.
• Obtaining interim orders under Sections 9 & 17 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, including property attachment orders.
• Coordinating with police stations, courts and advocates offices for cases followup.
• Travelling to branch locations across the Western region for legal initiation, review and audits.
• Issuing legal notices to defaulters and drafting replies to notices received by the Company.
• Maintaining case records, documentation and MIS of litigation and arbitration matters.

Desired Candidate Profile:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in the legal field, preferably as a corporate lawyer or in litigation/recovery-related roles.
• Ability and willingness to independently manage legal operations across the entire West Zone.
• Provide legal support to Collections, Customer Care, and other internal departments, ensuring timely and accurate legal guidance.
• Strong expertise in legal drafting, including petitions, replies, notices, and other legal documents.
• Thorough knowledge of Arbitration, Section 138 matters under the Negotiable Instruments Act, police complaints, consumer disputes, execution petitions, NCLT proceedings, and windingup petitions.
• Knowledge in Arbitration Act, NI Act, CPC, BNS, BNSS, Consumer laws, NCLT, recovery laws.
• Educational Qualification: LL.B. (mandatory), higher legal qualifications will be an added advantage.
• Excellent communication, coordination, stakeholdermanagement and Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical abilities skills.
• Ability to travel, handle fieldlevel legal activities and manage external legal partners/vendors effectively.
• Assertive, detailoriented, able to handle high-volume cases.
• Willingness to travel, proficiency in MS Office and legal documentation tools.